Headlines- At least 750 people killed and another 3000 went missing on Wednesday after landslides caused by a glacial collapse unleashed a torrent of mud and water across Nepal and China's autonomous region of Tibet.
- After US forces struck two rocket launchers on Iran's Larak Island, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran says to have attacked US bases in Jordan.
- Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says that several Iranian fighters and civilians were killed and injured in the US attack on Larak Island.
- Since resuming its naval blockade of Iran on July 14, US Central Command claimed to have diverted 83 commercial vessels, disabled three, and boarded two.
- Guinea-Bissau held a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to grant the president additional authority.
- At least eight people died, 237 have been rescued, and 23 are still missing after a passenger ferry capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday.
- NASA launched the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is intended to survey the universe on a never-before-seen scale while investigating far-off planets, exploding stars, and black holes.
Tag: United Nations
UN Security Council Meets on Women...
Shama Obaed Islam, State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, addresses the United Nations Security Council meeting on “Peace is decided with women: emerging from conflict by enhancing their participation” under agenda item Women and peace and security.
UN Secretary-General Visits Haiti
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres visits Camp Vertières in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
UN Security Council Extends Mandate of...
Leonor Zalabata Torres, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations and President of the UN Security Council for the month of June, chairs the meeting on the situation in Afghanistan.
Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS Press...
Angeli Achrekar, Deputy Executive Director and Global Practice Lead of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), briefs reporters on its new report with latest data on HIV from 2025.
Launch Event of Muscat Plan of...
Mohammed bin Said Al Mamari, Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs of Oman, addresses the launch event of the Muscat Plan of Action for Traditional and Indigenous Leaders and Peoples in Countering and Addressing Hate Speech and Preventing Genocide and Atrocity Crimes and their incitement through Peace Mediation.
President of Colombia Briefs Press
Gustavo Petro Urrego, President of the Republic of Colombia and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of June, briefs reporters after chairing the Security Council meeting on advancing political solutions in the Middle East: mediation and dialogue for a lasting peace, under the agenda item maintainance of international peace and security.
UN Security Council Meets on Central...
Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on the Central African region.
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Naseer Ahmed Faiq, Charge d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Afghanistan.
UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Briefs...
Jean-Pierre Lacroix, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, on the occasion of International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (29 May).
UN Security Council Meets on Situation...
Ibrahim Olabi, Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations, addresses the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East (Syria).